The Traveller Book consolidated the core rules (Books 1-2-3) into a single 8.5 x 11 book and added additional material on how-to-play the game. It also added the short adventures Shadows (from Double Adventure 1) and Exit Visa. 160 pages.

Classic Traveller (indeed, all of the Traveller editions including later editions) was inducted into the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame in 1997 (on its 20th anniversary of its publication. Designer Marc Miller was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982.

Traveller was featured as part of Games Magazine's Games 100 in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1991.

Had an original of this book many moons ago and delighted that its back in POD form.
To me the classic Traveller game is still the best (sorry but Mega Traveller was doomed when they created the rebellion story line and TNE was just as poor) Scifi Rpg ever and the first time I fell in love with a games background.

What I really want to know is can we see the rest of the Classic Traveller cannon in POD? Hell the FFE reprints of the Alien modules/supplements and double adventures alone would be on my Kerching (sound of a wallets instant purchase) list, as getting the originals via ebay or specialist shops etc is getting harder and harder as no one wants to part with the stuff.

So please, pretty please with sugar on top, please start reprinting the rest of this wonderful game POD so that obsessive compulsives like me can complete their collections!!

Todd LMay 14, 2016 12:07 pm UTC

I was wondering if the interior of this book is an exact replica (scan) of the original (text, pictures, layout, etc). I'm just a bit cautious because the cover has been changed, so have they changed anything else? The preview only shows the table of contents, which does not help much.

Neal SAugust 18, 2016 12:01 am UTC

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The cover has not been changed, it's the same as the hardcover (I just checked my shelf to make sure). The Keith painting you're probably thinking of was the dust jacket, and reused for the softcover edition.

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